Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 13:18
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 436 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 C801) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 2.84 7% 6.57 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 5.61 5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26044 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 618 (B1) Unknown 93 93 402 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67492213100	87.6% Excellent	Read 508 Write 423 Mixed 470 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 21.6 132% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 19.4 28% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 772GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1572 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1529 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 119 Mixed 127 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.48 141% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%
WD WD2500JS-75NCB3 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 539GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16451 (C2) HDA temperature 103 93 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 141 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.31 123% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 465GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 89 Write 103 Mixed 84.6 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 88%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 9GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 6.35 Mixed 8.42 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.14 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.007 19% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	287x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16